Re: Please tell me why to use KEY (a_id, b_id) rather than KEY (a_id),KEY (b_id)

2003-03-18 Thread Bruce Feist
Daevid Vincent wrote: So if I had: CREATE TABLE `rep_table` ( `rep_id` smallint(5) unsigned auto_increment, `rep_login` varchar(15) NOT NULL default '', `rep_password` varchar(15) NOT NULL default '', `rep_fname` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '', `rep_lname` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',

Re: Please tell me why to use KEY (a_id, b_id) rather than KEY (a_id), KEY (b_id)

2003-03-18 Thread Jeff Kilbride
- Original Message - From: "Daevid Vincent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 4:59 PM Subject: RE: Please tell me why to use KEY (a_id, b_id) rather than KEY (a_id), KEY (b_id) > Ah ha! > > So if I had: > > C

RE: Please tell me why to use KEY (a_id, b_id) rather than KEY (a_id), KEY (b_id)

2003-03-18 Thread Daevid Vincent
Ah ha! So if I had: CREATE TABLE `rep_table` ( `rep_id` smallint(5) unsigned auto_increment, `rep_login` varchar(15) NOT NULL default '', `rep_password` varchar(15) NOT NULL default '', `rep_fname` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '', `rep_lname` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '', PRIMARY

Re: Please tell me why to use KEY (a_id, b_id) rather than KEY (a_id), KEY (b_id)

2003-03-18 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Mar 18), Daevid Vincent said: > I wouldn't say I was a newbie at all. I've been coding in PHP, mySQL > for like 6 years now. But I just never learned (or maybe had a reason > to) why I would use "KEY (a_id, b_id)" rather than "KEY (a_id)" and > "KEY (b_id)". Would someone be so

Please tell me why to use KEY (a_id, b_id) rather than KEY (a_id), KEY (b_id)

2003-03-18 Thread Daevid Vincent
I wouldn't say I was a newbie at all. I've been coding in PHP, mySQL for like 6 years now. But I just never learned (or maybe had a reason to) why I would use "KEY (a_id, b_id)" rather than "KEY (a_id)" and "KEY (b_id)". Would someone be so kind as to point me at an online tutorial or just explain